Desmond Dickinson

Most Popular Desmond Dickinson Trailers

Total trailers found: 75

Konga Trailer (1961)

26 March 1961

Dr. Decker returns from Africa after a year, presumed dead. In that year, he discovered a way of growing plants and animals to an enormous size.

Berserk! Trailer (1967)

01 November 1967

A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.

Trog Trailer (1970)

24 October 1970

Anthropologist Dr Brockton unearths a primitive troglodyte — an Ice Age 'missing link': half-caveman, half-ape — in a local cave.

Account Rendered Trailer (1932)

11 July 1932

A crime film directed by Leslie Howard Gordon...

Night Ride Trailer (1937)

28 June 1937

Two truck drivers fired by the crooked trucking firm they worked for start their own company. Their former boss, worried about the competition, tries everything he can to drive them out of business, from sending his pretty daughter to seduce them to having his henchmen sabotage their trucks.

Code Name: Westward Ho! Trailer (1949)

01 January 1949

"They’re not so very different from our own people, are they?" A sensitive depiction of European workers in the UK.

Morning Departure Trailer (1950)

21 February 1950

The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?

Baby Love Trailer (1969)

19 March 1969

When her mother dies, her attractive young daughter hungry for love moves into the dead woman's house as a quest to seduce its tenants in her desperate search for love.

Here's George Trailer (1932)

20 September 1932

'Man borrows service flat to impress girl's parents.' (British Film Catalogue)

Detective Lloyd Trailer (1932)

04 January 1932

A detective matches wits with a group of thieves out to steal a priceless amulet.

The Stowaway Trailer (1958)

21 March 1958

A group of adventurers compete with one another to find the missing heir Rene Marechal, thought to be near Tahiti.

Murder Most Foul Trailer (1964)

01 March 1964

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.

Other People's Sins Trailer (1931)

24 February 1931

A father takes the blame for a crime committed by his daughter.

The Beast in the Cellar Trailer (1971)

14 April 1971

Soldiers in a rural English town are being brutally murdered by an unknown creature. Two nearby sisters realise they might understand what's happening.

Madness of the Heart Trailer (1949)

20 December 1949

A blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family's chateau, but she quickly realizes someone there wants her out of the way.

The House of Unrest Trailer (1931)

01 March 1931

A mystery film directed by Leslie Howard Gordon.

Nobody Ordered Love Trailer (1972)

01 May 1972

During the shooting of a First World War film entitled The Somme a tragic series of events unfolds for the cast and crew.

Blood Suckers Trailer (1971)

14 May 1971

A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece.

Intent to Kill Trailer (1958)

16 July 1958

While resisting pressure from his upper-class wife to take a higher-paying job in London, a Montreal physician prepares to carry out brain surgery on a Latin American president.

Meet Me Tonight Trailer (1952)

09 September 1952

Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel Coward stage production of the same name.

A Woman Redeemed Trailer (1927)

31 August 1927

'A secret society uses a girl as a pawn in an attempt to secure secret plans.' (BFI)

Eating Out with Tommy Trinder Trailer (1941)

21 February 1941

Tommy Trinder promotes the virtues of the wartime communal British Restaurants.

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery Trailer (1939)

01 November 1939

During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies.

Hamlet Trailer (1948)

10 December 1948

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy.

City of Beautiful Nonsense Trailer (1935)

01 May 1935

A young woman who is in love with a penniless composer, but believes she must marry a wealthy man to please her father.

The Hands of Orlac Trailer (1960)

01 December 1960

A famed concert pianist's hands are destroyed in a plane crash; when he receives transplants from a recently executed strangler, his murderous new mitts attract the attention of a sleazy illusionist turned blackmailer.

The Importance of Being Earnest Trailer (1952)

02 June 1952

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.

Eddie Carroll and His Orchestra Trailer (1939)

18 September 1939

Two young jazz guitarists cannot believe their luck when they are stumbled upon by their idol while playing in the park.

Loves of Three Queens Trailer (1954)

24 December 1954

At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict, remembering the troubles caused by Paris in a similar situation.

The Black Tent Trailer (1956)

09 April 1956

During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab Bedouin.

Jealousy Trailer (1931)

28 August 1931

A man falls madly in love with a woman and stages a robbery in an effort to frame her sweetheart

Murder Ahoy Trailer (1964)

22 September 1964

During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him.

The Great Gay Road Trailer (1931)

21 October 1931

'Romance of the open road and the circus. A tramp poses as baronet's lost son but relinquishes his sweetheart to a younger man.

Cairo Trailer (1963)

17 July 1963

An assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum.

Burke & Hare Trailer (1972)

03 February 1972

Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.

Orders to Kill Trailer (1958)

25 July 1958

A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of double-crossing France by selling out radio operators to the Nazis.

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? Trailer (1972)

11 February 1972

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.

Variety Trailer (1935)

16 September 1935

Follows the development of the variety theatre from 1892 to the present day, centred on a family in show business.

Action of the Tiger Trailer (1957)

22 August 1957

A woman hires soldier-of-fortune Carson to smuggle her into Albania by way of Greece. Their trouble is just beginning when they get there.

Sunshine Ahead Trailer (1936)

01 January 1936

'Producer stages outside broadcast despite jealous critic.' (British Film Catalogue)

The New Hotel Trailer (1932)

31 March 1932

A British musical film directed by Bernard Mainwaring

The Browning Version Trailer (1951)

06 April 1951

Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health.

The Frightened City Trailer (1961)

01 September 1961

A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.

CEMA Trailer (1942)

01 September 1942

A documentary about the precursor to the Arts Council, the wartime Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA), featuring an introduction by education minister R A Butler, an art exhibition in a factory and live music and theatre performances in various English locations.

A Study in Terror Trailer (1965)

01 October 1965

When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail.

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes Trailer (1955)

29 October 1955

Two Broadway showgirls, who are also sisters, are sick and tired of New York as well as not getting nowhere.

Love's Old Sweet Song Trailer (1933)

27 July 1933

'Farmer loves singer whom his half-brother marries and abandons with baby.' (British Film Catalogue)

Dick Turpin Trailer (1933)

01 December 1933

The adventures of the eighteenth century highwayman Dick Turpin and his legendary ride to York.

The Devil's Daffodil Trailer (1961)

20 July 1961

A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.

The Woman in Question Trailer (1950)

03 October 1950

Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.

Fire Down Below Trailer (1957)

30 May 1957

Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island.

The Man Between Trailer (1953)

19 October 1953

A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.

The Rocking Horse Winner Trailer (1949)

30 November 1949

A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents out of their endless round of debts.

Commissionaire Trailer (1933)

01 October 1933

A Commissionaire is suspected of a robbery committed by his son.

The Net Trailer (1953)

09 February 1953

A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists.

Thursday's Child Trailer (1943)

24 March 1943

A couple's little girl becomes a movie star, but all it seems to bring is trouble.

The City of the Dead Trailer (1960)

09 September 1960

In Whitewood, Massachusetts, a presumed witch places a curse on the town before she is burned at the stake.

Hungry Hill Trailer (1947)

07 January 1947

Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.

Sparrows Can't Sing Trailer (1963)

26 March 1963

Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone.

The Alphabet Murders Trailer (1965)

26 December 1965

The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.